Category: Film

It has been a very long time since I have posted on here, sorry! This is due to a combination of having been unwell, and getting very busy at university with various projects. But this is precisely what I wanted to avoid: posting about the PhD journey is an important way of documenting the process,… Continue reading Passing my initial review and conference presentation

Image via IMDB I went to see the latest Marvel movie, Thor: Ragnorak, yesterday and it is refreshingly different from their usual offerings. Directed by Taika Waititi and written by Eric Pearson, the film sees the return of Chris Hemsworth as Thor, supported by Mark Ruffalo, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba and Tom Hiddleston. As other… Continue reading Thor: Ragnarok review- putting the fun back into Marvel

Image via IMDB The Snowman is a Nordic-noir thriller based on the bestseller by Jo Nesbø, adapted by screenwriters Peter Straughan and Hossein Amini and directed by Tomas Alfredson. The film is set in Norway, in Oslo, Bergen and Geilo. There are absolutely beautiful shots of the Oslo-Bergen railway throughout the film, as well as… Continue reading The Snowman film review: a snow storm in a teacup

Image via Slashfilm Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have seen the adverts for Bladerunner 2049 everywhere. As the sequel to the cult classic, Bladerunner; this was a film that people had high expectations for. But does it deliver? Absolutely. The film was directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Hampton Fancher… Continue reading Bladerunner 2049 Film Review: An Absolute Must-See

Film image taken from IMDB This week I saw My Cousin Rachel (2017) at a Silver Screening at the Odeon. To anyone who is able to see movies in the week, I strongly recommend these. We got free tea, coffee and biscuits and the tickets were only £3! (I'm not being sponsored here in any… Continue reading My Cousin Rachel: film review

I went to watch a profoundly different film this week: mother! It was chilling, but also beautiful. mother! was written and directed by Darren Aronofsky. Jennifer Lawrence plays Mother beautifully as a gentle, nurturing soul, capable of extreme acts when humanity has pushed her to the very edge of sanity. Javier Bardem plays Him in a… Continue reading A tale of two halves: mother! film review

Image from www.denofgeek.com I may be coming to the party a little late with this, but I have now finally seen Atomic Blonde in the cinema. Directed by David Leitch and written by Kurt Johnstad, the film stars Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, Sofia Boutella and John Goodman in this Cold War-era spy thriller. Charlize Theron is… Continue reading Atomic Blonde – Film Review

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